Pictures of the Day: Monday, Oct. 12, 2009

A resident retrieves a tire from a car shop that was destroyed by landslides at Puguis village in La Trinidad, The Philippines. The country is mounting major relief operations
Erik de Castro / Reuters

Salvage Mission

A resident retrieves a tire from a car shop that was destroyed by landslides at Puguis village in La Trinidad, The Philippines. The country is mounting major relief operations to northern provinces devastated by floods and cut off by landslides as the death toll from two typhoons in 14 days rose to more than 600.